Your right to know

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

STUDENT RIGHT TO KNOW

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, codified at 20 USC 1092 (f) as a part of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose certain timely and annual information about campus crime and security policies. All public and private post secondary educational institutions partcipating in federal student aid programs are subject to it.

Howard and Connie Clery championed the law, originally enacted by Congress in 1990 as the Campus Security Act, after their daughter Jeanne was tragically murdered at Lehigh University in 1986. Amendments to the Act in 1998 renamed it in memory of Jeanne Clery.

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to publish an annual report every year by October 1st that contains 3 years worth of crime statistics and certain security policy statements including sexual assault policies which assure basic victim's rights, the law enforcement authority of campus police and where the students should go to report crimes.

The complete text of the Clery Act is available on the Security On Campus, Inc. web site at www.campussafety.org as are the implementing regulations published by the U.S. Department of Education. The Mississippi Valley State Police Department is responsible for gathering crime statistics and providing safety information to its constituent.

The University Police Department is aware that crimes may go unreported to law enforcement and encourages employees of MVSU, who have significant responsibility for students and student activities, to report to the University Police any crimes that they may have become aware of in their daily contact with students. All reports to the University Police can be made confidentially and anonymously in accordance with the reporting person's wishes.